| 屏息 | bǐng xī | hold one's breath | ![]() |
| 憋气 | biē qì | to hold one's breath / to feel suffocated (for lack of air) / choked with bottled-up resentment | ![]() |
| 屏气 | bǐng qì | to hold one's breath | ![]() |
| 翘首以待 | qiáo shǒu yǐ dài | to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom) / to anxiously await | ![]() |
